Team Smallest Margins - vs Sri Lanka

Players - vs Sri Lanka

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	13 runs	283	49.2	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	11 Feb 2001	ODI # 1688
Pakistan	16 runs	256	48.3	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Apr 2001	ODI # 1704
Pakistan	28 runs	279	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	13 Apr 2001	ODI # 1708
New Zealand	79 runs	249	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	17 Apr 2001	ODI # 1710
South Africa	95 runs	303	50.0	v Sri Lanka	East London	17 Dec 2000	ODI # 1662
South Africa	99 runs	291	42.2	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	11 Jan 2001	ODI # 1668

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	4 wickets	222	47.2	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	15 Dec 2000	ODI # 1661
South Africa	5 wickets	207	42.0	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	14 Jan 2001	ODI # 1671
South Africa	8 wickets	248	48.5	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	9 Jan 2001	ODI # 1666
Pakistan	9 wickets	195	43.2	v Sri Lanka	Nairobi (Gym)	8 Oct 2000	ODI # 1634

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	8 wickets	7	248	48.5	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	9 Jan 2001	ODI # 1666
South Africa	4 wickets	16	222	47.2	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	15 Dec 2000	ODI # 1661
Pakistan	9 wickets	40	195	43.2	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Nairobi (Gym)	8 Oct 2000	ODI # 1634
South Africa	5 wickets	48	207	42.0	50.0	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	14 Jan 2001	ODI # 1671

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
No records found

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]